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November 11, 1991 NV · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Skyline Construction Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ASSUME OPERATOR JUMPED OR WAS THROWN FROM FRONT END LOADER AS IT WAS DESCENDING BACKWARDS DOWN SLOPE. IT APPEARED LOADER BACKED OVER OPERATOR, RESULTING IN A FATAL INJURY.

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